| Name: | BENACHIE |
| Launched: | 20/02/1875 |
| Completed: | 05/1875 |
| Builder: | JT Eltringham, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 41 |
| Dimensions: | 113grt, 17nrt, 103.2 x 18.2 x 9.4ft |
| Engines: | 2 x SL1cyl (27.5 x 50ins), 90nhp |
| Engines by: | JP Rennoldson, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 70712 |
| History: | |
| 18/05/1875 | James Foote Gibbs et al; registered at London |
| by 1884 | George Davidson, Aberdeen |
| 05/1886 | William Watkins Ltd, London; renamed MALTA |
| 10/1888 | Robert Stephenson Allen, Newcastle; registered at South Shields |
| 04/1914 | The John Dry Steam Tugs Ltd, South Shields |
| 02/1916 | Transferred to The John Dry Steam Tugs Ltd, South Shields |
| 07/1929 | Transferred to R Redhead & Son Ltd, Newcastle |
| 10/1929 | Transferred to Redhead & Dry's Tugs Ltd, South Shields |
| 05/1944 | Transferred to France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd, Newcastle (F Dawson manager) |
| 03/1951 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1875: Built to the order of JP Rennoldson |
| 10/1888: Purchased for £1,351 | |
| 03/1951: Broken up by James A White & Co Ltd, at St Davids on Forth |
Above: MALTA with the Japanese armoured cruiser ASAMA. Photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Archives
Above photo as MALTA is courtesy of Alan Hughes